Luz Opaca

Luz Opaca

Raul is a handicapped young man who is trapped inside his parents’ car after he witnesses their suicide. He has been stock in the vehicle for hours and the only resources he has to survive are Bibles and other religious objects. With his physical limitations, Raul finds himself in the dilemma of looking for a solution to live or just sit there and wait for a miracle.

Melissa Bonilla was born in Santiago, Dominican Republic in 1995. She graduated as a Social Communicator in the division of Audiovisual Production at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in 2017. y of Santiago, where she resides.As in her filmmaking experience, in 2016 she wrote, co-edited and co-directed the short film Luz Opaca with Laura Fernández. Melissa has done most of her work in the department of art direction in various short films such as: Juguemos (2016) by Francina Cruz, Prototipo (2016) by Juan Contreras, and as an assistant of art direction in the short film Momento (2015) by Danny Lantigua.

Laura Fernandez is a young woman passionate about the cinematographic arts, born in the city of Santiago, Dominican Republic in 1995. She has been immersed in the cinematic field in various audiovisual projects such as Luz Opaca (2016), wich she co-directed along with Melissa Bonilla, Monos (2016), by Astrid Gonzalez; in addition, she worked as Line Producer for the short film Juguemos (2016), by Francina Cruz and also for her most recent project alongside Astrid Gonzalez and Melissa Bonilla, SAL (2017), a short film that resulted from an academic research, which proposes the use of color in a psychological aspect different from what has been socially established.

Raul is a handicapped young man who is trapped inside his parents’ car after he witnesses their suicide. He has been stock in the vehicle for hours and the only resources he has to survive are Bibles and other religious objects. With his physical limitations, Raul finds himself in the dilemma of looking for a solution to live or just sit there and wait for a miracle.

Melissa Bonilla was born in Santiago, Dominican Republic in 1995. She graduated as a Social Communicator in the division of Audiovisual Production at the Pontificia Universidad Católica Madre y Maestra (PUCMM) in 2017. y of Santiago, where she resides.As in her filmmaking experience, in 2016 she wrote, co-edited and co-directed the short film Luz Opaca with Laura Fernández. Melissa has done most of her work in the department of art direction in various short films such as: Juguemos (2016) by Francina Cruz, Prototipo (2016) by Juan Contreras, and as an assistant of art direction in the short film Momento (2015) by Danny Lantigua.

Laura Fernandez is a young woman passionate about the cinematographic arts, born in the city of Santiago, Dominican Republic in 1995. She has been immersed in the cinematic field in various audiovisual projects such as Luz Opaca (2016), wich she co-directed along with Melissa Bonilla, Monos (2016), by Astrid Gonzalez; in addition, she worked as Line Producer for the short film Juguemos (2016), by Francina Cruz and also for her most recent project alongside Astrid Gonzalez and Melissa Bonilla, SAL (2017), a short film that resulted from an academic research, which proposes the use of color in a psychological aspect different from what has been socially established.